Payroll Testing
Payroll Testing
Payroll
Purpose
The purpose of this workpaper is to check that Payroll expense is not materialy misstated.
Procedure
1 Obtained Payrool register, aatandance details, Leave register for a Particular month
2 Reviewed Payrool register for accuracy of salary computation and disbusrement, also verified the salary disbusrment as per the ban
3 Traced salaries of sample employees from the salary slip issued
4 Traced attandance of employees and leave leave details and balance to ensure the correctness of salary disbursed. Also verifed fake
5 Obtained the headcount reconcilation along with the list of joinees resignees
6 Tested the joinees and resinees in detail on a sample basis
7 Determined and expectation of the salary exp for the year and compared it with the amount recorded
8 Obtained the acturial valuation report for gratuty and leave encashment exp and also verified the data sent to acturary
Conclusion
The account balance is fairly stated.
ary disbusrment as per the bank advice
sent to acturary
ABC Chartered Accountants
XYZ Ltd.
Statutory Audit for the year ended 31st March , 2020
Review Salary Register for accuracy, Check Salary slips and check disbursement
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Check for Fake Employees through attendance and leaves and check for LWP deducted for leaves exceeding the balance
Month
Attendance Sheet Template March Mon Tue
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28-Mar 29-Mar 30-Mar 31-Mar Present Leave/ Late
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L P P 18 0 1 0
P P P 19 0 0 0
P P A 17 2 0 0
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P P P 18 2 1 1
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P P P 15 1 1 0
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0 16 17 18 0 0
Summary
Earned Festive Opening Closing
Training
Leave Holiday Balance Balance
0 3 1 7 6.5
0 3 1 6 6
0 3 1 6 4
1 0 1 3 1
0 0 1 6 2.5
0 0 1 7 4
0 0 1 4 4
0 0 1 6 -2
1 0 1 4 2.5
0 0 1 6 4.5
1 0 1 3 0
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0 0 1 0 -22
0 0 1 7 4.5
0 0 1 5 2
0 0 1 2 0
0 0 1 7 7
2 3 1 6 2.5
0 0 1 4 3
0 0 1 5 3
Payroll Register for the month of Mar'19
Additions
Employee Name Emp ID Department Designation
K. Anuradha Rao 50968 R&D Exec
Nisha Gupta 11002 HR Exec
Sharmishtha Sanyal 44024 HR Exec
Resignees
Employee Name Emp ID Department Designation
AB Gupta 87634 HR Exec
BK Jain 12738 R&D AM
Date of Joining
5-May-19
6-Jul-19
5-Mar-20 Sample Tested
Date of Leaving
28-Feb-20 Sample Tested
5-Mar-20
ABC Ltd.
Year ending March 31, 2020
Audit Steps
Employee_Cod
S.No. Employee_Name Date of Joining Designation Department
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Sharmishtha
1 44024 10-Mar-20 Exec HR
Sanyal
Date of joing wrongly taken in payrool sheet as 5-03-2020
e management and accepted by the employee.
Audit Steps
Employee
S No. Name Designation Department
Code No.
Salary - Reconciliation
Materiality 4,000,000
Performance Materiality 2,800,000
CTT 900,000
Risk (Not Significant) and
Basis Taken
Relying on Controls
Salary and wages for FY18-19 (as per signed financials) 15,000,000
Add: Impact of Joinees 2,345,681 <Refer Link>
Less: Impact of Resignees (192,936) <Refer Link>
Add: Impact of Increment (Approx 10% on average) 1,500,000
Total salary for the year 18,652,746
Difference 887,254
Difference - % 4.54% Immaterial?
Joinees Impact
Resignees Impact
31-Mar-20
Expected
Date of Monthly Salary No. Of Months Salary for
Designation Joining with Emoluments Effective Year
Exec 5-May-19 120,915 11 1,338,126
Exec 6-Jul-19 101,091 9 909,819
Exec 5-Mar-20 108,596 1 97,736
Total 2,345,681
31-Mar-20
Salary
Monthly Salary No. Of Months Expectation
Designation Date of Leavingwith Emoluments Effective to be Reduced
Exec 28-Feb-20 78,435 1 86,279
AM 5-Mar-20 118,508 1 106,657
Total 192,936
XYZ Ltd.
Audit for the year ending March 31, 2020
Summary
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Leave Balance Diff
Leave Register